Service Unit and Regional Team Courses

Service Unit and Regional Team CoursesThe service team is the primary support for the geographic service unit. A solid support system and shared responsibilities make any service unit function more smoothly – and make the service unit manager’s position easier! The following is a listing of courses for members of the service unit team.

Click on the links below for course descriptions:

Adult Awards

Recognizing our volunteers, year round, is essential. Recognize them often, and do it well. Make it meaningful. This learning session brings you up to date on the GSUSA National Awards, the updated criteria and timeline for submission for the new and existing awards, and how to incorporate year round recognition of the outstanding volunteers in your community.

Fee: NoneCapacity: Minimum 5/ Maximum 20

Facilitating Adult Learning

Facilitating Adult Learning or How to present Leadership Essentials classes!
Adult Learning Facilitators are a vital to our Girl Scouts Louisiana East volunteers. They provide the necessary learning sessions and support to our adults by offering basic and enrichment courses throughout the council jurisdiction. Volunteers attending this session will gain an understanding of how adults learn and the opportunity to practice facilitation techniques, as well as the basics of delivering and evaluating learning opportunities for adults. Hands-on activities and instruction guides are provided.

Fee: NoneCapacity: Minimum 5/ Maximum 20

Service Unit Administrator

The service unit administrator is the chief administrator of the service unit. She/he delegates specific duties to the assistant service unit administrator(s) and appoints and directs the service team. To help carry out their general responsibilities, as well as more specific tasks, the service unit administrator appoints other volunteers to the service team.

Bring: Pen and Training CardFee: NoneCapacity: Minimum 5/ Maximum 20

Service Unit Registrar

The SU Registrar works with the organizers, consultants, and leaders/advisors to ensure timely membership registration of girls and adults throughout the year. The registrar plans the service unit participation in the early registration campaign and provides administrators with a list of girls and adults who have not re-registered. The registrar is responsible for checking all registration forms for accuracy and turning in the forms and membership fees to the council office.

Bring: Pen and Training CardFee: NoneCapacity: Minimum 5/ Maximum 20

Service Unit Troop Consultant

These valuable adults are the first line of support to troop leaders/advisors. Consultants may be assigned by grade levels, schools, program levels, geographic areas, or to groups such as Juliettes. Consultants help leaders/advisors grow and find satisfaction in their work with girls. They help new leaders/advisors get started, supply experienced leaders/advisors with additional resources, give input to the service team, spot potential problems and share information.

Bring: Pen and Training CardFee: NoneCapacity: Minimum 5/ Maximum 20

Service Unit Troop Recruiter/Organizer

Troop recruiter/organizers are responsible for organizing Girl Scout groups in a specified area. This may be responsible for one school, several schools, or a defined geographic area such as a section of a city, an entire town, or a parish. Many changes occur during the year – girl members are added, drop out, or progress to another program level – adult leaders/advisors and troop committee members are recruited, or they resign. These tasks are often shared by the Recruiter and Organizer, depending on specific service unit way of work.

Bring: Pen and Training CardFee: NoneCapacity: Minimum 5/ Maximum 20

Service Unit Annual Giving Chair

For Service Unit Annual Giving Chair, Service Unit Administrator, or Representative from Service Unit.

The Annual Family Giving campaign offers family, friends and neighbors of Girl Scouts the opportunity to invest in their daughters’ future and the future of Girl Scouting. The annual fundraising campaign provides valuable unrestricted support that underwrites programs and projects throughout southeast Louisiana.

This kick-off/training will teach you how to plan a Service Unit ask event in order to reach your Annual Family Giving Campaign Goal. We will have food, raffles, and roundtable discussions led by volunteers from all regions on ways to reach your Service Unit Giving Goal.

Learn how to initiate, handle, and coordinate publicity efforts with community newspapers and/or radio stations. Promote service unit and troop activities. Offer local support to publicity generated by the Girl Scout council’s Communications department for council-wide events. Promote the positive image of Girl Scouts as the premier voice for girls and leading expert on their development into leaders.

Planning Service Unit CampoutsThis learning session provides tips for planning fun, safe, well organized Service Unit Campouts. Topics include camp site guidelines and restrictions, safety considerations, program development, participant registration and implementing and evaluating the event.

Fee: NoneCapacity: Minimum 5/ Maximum 20

Planning Large Event and Regional EventsIt’s important that your plans for your next large event include accommodations for ALL the girls in your area. This learning session provides tips for planning fun, safe large – group events (50 or more girls) incorporating Journey’s and The Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting. Topics include site selection, safety considerations, program development, participant registration and implementing and evaluating the event.